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1. Global Customer Support
Company: Collins Aerospace
Product: Collins Aerospace’s avionics business unit designs, develops and supports advanced flight deck solutions including cockpit displays and vision systems; communication, navigation and surveillance systems; sensor systems; and fire protection systems for commercial and military customers. The company’s products have line-fit and retrofit applications in key segments of the commercial avionics market, including narrowbodies, widebodies and regional jets. Its avionics retrofit solutions include upgrades for improved aircraft performance, reliability and regulatory compliance. Collins’ MRO services are provided by in-house facilities and several dedicated repair centers at strategic global locations.
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2. Cutting-Edge Architecture
Company: GE Aerospace
Product: GE Aerospace’s commercial aviation retrofit and line-fit avionics products include computing and networking systems, displays, integrated vehicle health management, and flight management systems for single-aisle and widebody aircraft. The company says its recent avionics developments include an open architecture digital backbone—enabling the customer to make next-generation system modifications—and its TrueCourse flight management system (FMS). TrueCourse features a modular design using common components across multiple aircraft platforms and the capability to tailor the modules to a specific aircraft. GE Aerospace has also developed a Cloud FMS prototype derived from its connected FMS technology, which it says is well suited for the TrueCourse architecture.
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3. Upgrading the CJ2 Cockpit
Company: Garmin
Product: Garmin has just certified a total cockpit upgrade solution for the Cessna Citation CJ2. The fully integrated retrofit will replace the light jet’s legacy systems and include Garmin’s TXi flight displays, GTN Xi navigators and GFC 600 digital autopilot. Garmin’s key products for commercial and business aircraft include its G3000 and G5000 integrated flight decks, which the OEM says are popular across the Part 23 and Part 25 OEM forward-fit market. In addition, the company’s TXi flight displays, GTN Xi navigators and GFC 600 digital autopilot options are also seeing success in the retrofit market. Other products include weather radar, radar altimeter and standby flight instruments for forward fit and retrofit.
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4. Runway Incursion Prevention
Company: Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
Product: Honeywell Aerospace Technologies expects to certify its Surface Alert (Surf-A) runway incursion prevention product as a software upgrade to its Mk. V-A enhanced ground proximity warning system by early 2026. Surf-A will join a myriad of Honeywell products for commercial and business aircraft, including displays, flight management systems, radios, data links, flight controls, inertial measurement units, satellite communications and radars. All are marketed for line fit and retrofit. The manufacturer is also working toward certification of its Honeywell Anthem integrated flight deck. As Honeywell’s sixth-generation avionics system and first cloud-connected configuration, Anthem’s core architecture offers a 50% reduction in size, weight and power compared with its Primus Epic integrated flight deck. Anthem can be customized for most aircraft types.
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5. Integrated Cockpit Innovations
Company: Universal Avionics
Product: Among Universal Avionics’ most recent product releases is ClearVision, with enhanced flight visual system technology. ClearVision combines Universal Avionics’ EVS-5000 multisensor camera and InSight display technology with SkyLens, a wearable helmet-mounted display. Recently certified through a supplemental type certificate for the Boeing 737NG under the AerAware name, the system is available exclusively through Universal Avionics and AerSale. The company says ClearVision has been adopted by regional airlines operating at smaller airports with challenging terrain or weather patterns. Universal Avionics also reports it is expanding the availability of FlightPartner, its connected avionics solution, which enables pilots to use a tablet bidirectionally for flight planning and connected analytics.
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